When one side of the ear feels blocked and the sound is reduced, it may be related to cerumen impaction, acute suppurative otitis media, otitis externa and other causes.
1. Cerumen impaction: Cerumen is the normal secretion of the external auditory canal. If too much cerumen accumulates in the external auditory canal, resulting in poor sound transmission, unilateral hearing loss may occur.
2. Acute suppurative otitis media: Inflammation of the middle ear due to bacterial or other pathogenic infections can result in localized redness, swelling and inflammation, leading to hearing loss. Patients are often accompanied by severe ear pain.
3. Otitis externa: the skin or subcutaneous tissue of the external auditory canal is infected by bacteria and other pathogens, which can cause inflammatory reaction, resulting in swelling of the mucous membrane of the external auditory canal and narrowing of the external auditory canal, resulting in hearing loss.
It is recommended that people who feel blocked on one side of the ear and experience reduced sound go to the hospital in a timely manner to clarify the cause of the problem and standardize the treatment under the guidance of the doctor.